there throughout this primary season and, you know, into the general is former new hampshire governor john sununu and he made some eyebrow raising comments about race and the endorsement of colin powell to president obama. take a look. >> when you take a look at colin powell, you have to wonder whether that's an endorsement based on issues or whether he's got a slightly different reason for preferring president obama. >> what reason would that be? >> well, i think when you have somebody of your own race that you're proud of beef iing presi of the united states, i applaud colin for standing with him. >> governor sununu said colin powell is a friend and i respect the endorsement decision that he made and i do not doubt that it was based on anything but his support of the president's policies. okay, this stuff is like feathers to the wind, you say it, it's out there. i've made the remark. well, he's black, so that's why he's supporting him. susan? >> it's a complete unforced error for team romney. there's no reason this should even become an issue. the only way that general colin powell's end